We would like to applaud Dr. Nock for his timely, thoughtful, and articulate piece addressing the issue of presumed causality in youth suicide. We are also encouraged to see the articles appearing in the same issue of the Journal addressing the issues of bullying and alcohol misuse, as they are good examples of the type of quality research that can take the field beyond the emotional drivers fo...

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) are major public health problems that have not declined appreciably in several decades. One of the first steps to improving the prevention and treatment of STBs is to establish risk factors (i.e., longitudinal predictors). To provide a summary of current knowledge about risk factors, we conducted a meta-analysis of studies that have attempted to longitudin...

BACKGROUND There have been few neuroendocrinology studies of suicidal behaviors among patients with depression and the results of these studies have been inconsistent. AIM To explore the association between the function of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and suicidal behaviors in Chinese patients with depression. METHODS Several measures of HPA functioning in 14 depressed pati...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological research has demonstrated that suicidal ideation is a relatively frequent complication of pregnancy in both developed and developing countries. Hence, the aims of this study are: to assess whether or not pregnancy may be considered a period highly susceptible to suicidal acts; to recognize potential contributing factors to suicidal behaviors; to describe the repercuss...

OBJECTIVES Among mood disorders, bipolar disorder (BPD) is often noted to involve the highest rates of suicide attempts and possibly of completion. This study sought to determine whether suicide attempters with BPD exhibit suicide attempts with higher lethality than attempters with major depressive disorder (MDD) and to explore differences in clinical features associated with suicidal acts. M...

Background: Suicide among medical students is a global public health concern; however, it often addressed poorly in developing countries like Bangladesh. This study aims to examine suicidal behaviors undergraduate Methods: cross-sectional analytical was conducted between February and July of 2019. Data were collected from 583 MBBS at Bangladesh’s private colleges. A convenience sampling method ...

This study examined the prevalence of suicidal thinking, planning, attempts, and self-harm associated psychological stressors in two Kenyan universities. The participants were undergraduate university students aged (18 -29) years. A convergent mixed-method design was adopted to collect data. Self-administered questionnaires focus group discussions carried out among 431 six counselors participat...

BACKGROUND Adolescence is an important stage of life for establishing healthy behaviors, attitudes, and lifestyles that contribute to current and future health. Health risk behavior is one indicator of health of young people that may serve both as a measure of health over time as well as a target for health policies and programs. This study examined the prevalence and distribution of youth heal...